E8J vs E8K

New Brunswick

This page does not pick a winner. Every row shows two measurements and the gap between them. There is no score, no tally of which area “wins” more categories, and no overall result — those would be a rating of two places and the people who live in them, assembled by the layout.

Both areas are forward sortation areas, and every figure describes the whole of one. Crime is not shown here: it is reported at the metropolitan level, so for two areas in the same city it is usually the same number twice. It is on each area’s own page, with the geography it describes.

Selected 2021 Census figures for E8J and E8K, with the national figure for scale. The last column states the gap between the two areas as a direction and a size, never as a preference.
Measure	E8J	E8K	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$66,500	$67,500	$84,000	E8J is about the same as E8K
Median after-tax income	$58,400	$59,600	$73,000	E8J is about the same as E8K
Median age	54	52.4	41.6	E8J is about the same as E8K
Unemployment rate	12.5%	12.3%	10.3%	E8J is about the same as E8K
Low income (LIM-AT)	14.8%	13.5%	11.1%	E8J is 10% higher than E8K
Average household size	2.2	2.2	2.4	E8J is about the same as E8K

How each area sits against the city or province around it — a different geography on each side, named in every cell. Read down a column, not across: the two columns are measured against different places and a bigger gap in one says nothing about the other.
Measure	E8J	E8K
Median household income	6% higher than Bathurst	7% higher than Bathurst
Median after-tax income	about the same as Bathurst	6% higher than Bathurst
Median age	about the same as Bathurst	about the same as Bathurst
Unemployment rate	about the same as Bathurst	about the same as Bathurst
Low income (LIM-AT)	9% lower than Bathurst	17% lower than Bathurst
Average household size	about the same as Bathurst	about the same as Bathurst

E8J is measured against Bathurst, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
E8K is measured against Bathurst, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	E8J	E8K
Province	New Brunswick	New Brunswick
Population	5,624	8,712
Private dwellings	2,663	4,193
Land area	174 km²	327 km²

Share of each area’s residents with an amenity within reach, weighted by where people live. A blank is a coverage fact, not a zero.
Amenity	Within	E8J	E8K
Grocery store	1 km walk	41%	49%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	19%	15%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	15%	23%
Child care	1.5 km walk	36%	52%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	32%	18%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	21%	18%
Library	1.5 km walk	21%	19%
Health care	3 km drive	85%	92%
Employment	10 km drive	100%	100%

These measure how close an amenity is, never its quality. A school 500 m away is a school 500 m away — nothing here says anything about the school itself.
The proximity index is scaled against all of Canada, where 1 is the single most well-served block in the country and the national average is close to zero. It is useful for comparing places and misleading as a score.

CMHC does not survey a rental zone covering either E8J or E8K. The survey covers centres of 10,000 people and up, so there is nothing published for either area.

The air quality index is a reading at the nearest station, which may be far away — the distance is shown because it decides whether the reading describes the area at all. Facility counts are reported releases within 10 km.
Measure	E8J	E8K
Nearest AQHI station	Bathurst · 21 km	Bathurst · 12 km
Current reading	1.11 — Low risk	1.11 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	3	0
Reported releases to air	6,894 t	not reported

E8J: Measured at Bathurst, 21 km from E8J. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
E8K: Measured at Bathurst, 12 km from E8K. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
Facilities report to the National Pollutant Release Inventory only above published thresholds, so a count of none means none reported — not that nothing is emitted.

This page carries the figures the two areas can be set against each other on. Each area’s own page has the rest — including crime, the boundary map, and every source note and caveat in full.

E8J in full · E8K in full

Source: Census Profile, 2021 Census (98-401-X). Data current as of 2026-08-12. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Each figure describes a whole forward sortation area. Amenity, rent and air figures carry their own sources and vintages on the area pages.